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Average Telecommunications Equipment Installers And Repairers, Except Line Installers Salary in Great Falls, MT

Telecommunications Equipment Installers And Repairers, Except Line Installers in Great Falls, MT earn a median annual salary of $72,370, which is +15.6% compared to the national median. There are 40 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Great Falls, MT (metro area).

$72,370
Great Falls, MT median annual wage
$35/hour median
+15.6%
Difference vs national median
National median is $62,630
40
Local employment
1.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.13
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$44,280
25th
$60,030
Median
$72,370
75th
$77,240
90th
$79,270

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Great Falls, MT, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
96.8%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$74,728
Goods: 96.0%
Services: 73.0%
Rents: 97.1%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
Anchorage, AK$98,850Compare600
Elmira, NY$96,960Compare30
Yuba City, CA$93,620Compare90
Fairbanks-College, AK$93,590Compare50
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$92,290Compare40
Ithaca, NY$89,380Compare30

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Great Falls, MT

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Chief Executives$219,6000.72
Dentists, General$154,6002.11
Pharmacists$134,9901.58
Detectives And Criminal Investigators$126,8001.29
Personal Financial Advisors$126,5300.72
Nurse Practitioners$124,7000.98
Managers, All Other$123,9700.36
Financial Managers$123,4600.43

Great Falls, MT has salary data for 204 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Telecommunications Equipment Installers And Repairers, Except Line Installers in Great Falls, MT

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Telecommunications Equipment Installers And Repairers, Except Line Installers are projected to change by -4.2% from 2024 to 2034, with 13,200 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.